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Boundary Delimitation

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BD001

Delimitation of constituencies
Question:Are constituencies delimited for election purposes?
Answer: b. No, existing regional/provincial/other boundaries are used
Comments: Article 12 Constituencies 2 - The mainland constituencies match the areas of the administrative districts, are called by the same names and have their capitals as their seats. 3 - There is a constituency in the Madeira Autonomous Region and a constituency in the Azores Autonomous Region, and they are called by those names and have their seats in Funchal and Ponta Delgada respectively. 4 - Electors who reside outside Portuguese territory are grouped into two constituencies, one of which covers the whole of the territory of the European countries, and the other the remaining countries and the territory of Macao, and both have their seat in Lisbon.
Source: Law governing Elections to the Assembly of the Republic, Article 12: https://www.parlamento.pt/sites/EN/Parliament/Documents/LeiEleitoralARen.pdf
Verified: 2024/10/10
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BD003

Criteria for drawing boundaries
Question:On what criteria are the boundaries drawn?
Answer(s): d. Conformity with local jurisdiction boundaries
Comments: Article 12(2): The mainland constituencies match the areas of the administrative districts, are called by the same names and have their district capitals as their seats.
Source: Law governing Elections to the Assembly of the Republic, Article 12 (2): https://www.parlamento.pt/sites/EN/Parliament/Documents/LeiEleitoralARen.pdf
Verified: 2024/10/10
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BD005

Body responsible for drawing boundaries
Question:The body responsible for drawing the boundaries is:
Answer(s): h. Not applicable
Comments: Article 149: 1. Members of the Assembly of the Republic are elected for constituencies that shall be geographically defined by law. The law may order the creation of plurinominal and uninominal constituencies and lay down the nature and complementarity thereof, in such a way as to ensure that votes are converted into numbers of seats in accordance with the proportional representation system and using D’Hondt’s highest-average rule.
Source: Constitution of the Portuguese Republic, Seventh Revision [2005], Article 149 (1): https://www.parlamento.pt/sites/EN/Parliament/Documents/Constitution7th.pdf
Verified: 2024/07/03
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